Killdeer

Charadrius vociferus - Gravelot kildir Pluvier kildir

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Charadriidés

  • Genus
    :

    Charadrius

  • Species
    :

    vociferus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 26 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 59 à 63 cm.
  • Weight
    : 75 à 128 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Gravelot kildir
♂ adult
Gravelot kildir
♀ adult plum. breeding

Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

  • Charadrius vociferus vociferus (Canada, USA, Mexico)
  • Charadrius vociferus ternominatus (Bahamas, Greater Antilles)
  • Charadrius vociferus peruvianus (Peru, nw Chile)

Foreign names

  • Gravelot kildir,
  • Chorlitejo culirrojo,
  • borrelho-de-coleira-dupla,
  • Keilschwanz-Regenpfeifer,
  • ékfarkú lile,
  • Killdeerplevier,
  • Corriere vocifero,
  • skrikstrandpipare,
  • Tobeltelo,
  • kulík krikľavý,
  • kulík rezavoocasý,
  • Kildire,
  • amerikantylli,
  • corriol cua-roig,
  • Skræklóa,
  • sieweczka krzykliwa,
  • skaļais tārtiņš,
  • kildir,
  • Крикливый зуёк,
  • フタオビチドリ,
  • 双领鸻,
  • 雙領鴴,

Voice song and cries

Gravelot kildir
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Gravelot kildir
adult plum. breeding

Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Salt Marshes (Emergent Grasses) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Gravelot kildir
published: - Updated: 14-03-2005
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